Fluorbritholite-(Ce), Basnasite-(Ce), Allanite-(Ce)
collected by Philip M. Persson 2010
Mine: Rusty Gold prospect
County: near Jamestown
Location: near Jamestown
Dimensions: 2 5/8" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" [66 x 60 x 38mm]
Mineral: Fluorbritholite-(Ce)
Cherty looking brownish massive fluorbritholite-(Ce) with basnasite-(Ce) and inclusions of quartz, and Pb-rich uraninite and thorite, with black rims of allanite-(Ce), all in a matrix of white fluorescent yttrofluorite. This material was originally described as cerite-(Ce), but was recently re-analysed by P.M. Kartashov, a Moscow rare earth mineralogist. This is the first reported occurrence of fluorbritholite-(Ce) in the U.S. Reference #558.
Price: $200.00 (Sold)